First of all, I felt a little insecure about the “th” sound in individual words. It is hard for it to sound totally natural, when I go to the USA I need to be two or three days for the sensation that I´ve chewed ice to disappear, that´s what I feel with the “th” sound in this reading. Then, it was also hard for me to have a natural intonation, since it was a tongue-twister and it is difficult to concentrate in the meaning of the text, so it sounded very mechanical. I think the stress patterns of phrases was appropriate, since I was reading it by lines and kind of a poem rhythm, anyway there are some pauses when I felt my tongue twisted. So, the pronunciation was average, but I did get confused with some words because I felt my mind betrayed me, but the interaction of sounds between endings and beginning of words was understandable, since the independence of words was very marked and linked one with each other.
About strategies, I think exactly this kind of tongue-twister helps to “untwisted” your tongue for English speaking, as well as, practice and practice. As I said before, when I travel to the USA, the first days I feel the sensation felt after chewing ice, and then I get used to the tone, intonation and pronunciation to speak fluent.
Other strategy, can be listening and repetition, the students listen to native speakers and repeat words in pairs giving feedback to each other. Also, another strategy is to analyze dialogues and find difficulties and how to solve the problems. In addition, analyzing pronunciation is a good technique. In fact, the first time I read the text I couldn´t pronounce many of the words, then I searched the pronunciation for a couple of words and began to repeat, the second time I read I felt much more secure.
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